of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from ). of or relating to such secretions: apocrine sweat.adjective denoting a type of glandular secretion in which part of the secreting cell is lost with the secretion, as in mammary glands Compare merocrine, holocrine

apocrine ap·o·crine (āp’ə-krĭn, -krīn’, -krēn’)adj. Of or relating to an apocrine gland or its secretions. n. The apocrine gland.

apocrine gland apocrine gland n. A coiled, tubular gland whose secretory cells accumulate their products on their apical surfaces that are then pinched off to become the secretion, as in the mammary glands. Apocrine sweat gland.

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